Robert William BlackettAge: 86 years1865–1952
- Name
- Robert William Blackett
- Surname
- Blackett
- Given names
- Robert William
| Birth | 14 November 1865 23 19 |
| Birth of a brother | Ralph Blackett before 31 December 1866 (Age 13 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Hannah Blackett before 31 December 1866 (Age 13 months) |
| Death of a brother | Ralph Blackett 1866 (Age 48 days) |
| Death of a sister | Hannah Blackett 1866 (Age 48 days) |
| Christening | 31 December 1866 (Age 13 months) |
| Christening of a brother | Ralph Blackett 31 December 1866 (Age 13 months) |
| Christening of a sister | Hannah Blackett 31 December 1866 (Age 13 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Margaret Jane Blackett 1867 (Age 13 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Louisa ‘Cissie’ Blackett 17 March 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Charlotte Blackett March 1872 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Blackett 1873 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Blackett 1873 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Blackett before 29 January 1874 (Age 8 years) |
| Christening of a sister | Sarah Blackett 29 January 1874 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Ralph Marley Blackett 24 August 1878 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John George Blackett 3 September 1880 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a brother | John George Blackett April 1881 (Age 15 years) |
| Burial of a brother | John George Blackett 18 April 1881 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John George Blackett before 26 November 1882 (Age 17 years) |
| Christening of a brother | Ralph Marley Blackett 26 November 1882 (Age 17 years) |
| Christening of a brother | John George Blackett 26 November 1882 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Blackett 6 May 1884 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lilly Blackett before 14 June 1885 (Age 19 years) |
| Christening of a brother | Thomas Blackett 14 June 1885 (Age 19 years) |
| Christening of a sister | Lilly Blackett 14 June 1885 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joseph Blackett 12 December 1885 (Age 20 years) |
| Marriage | Elizabeth Kavanagh — View this family 11 May 1886 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Robert Marley 11 June 1886 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Thomas Bertie Blackett 25 February 1887 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Ralph Blackett 1887 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Polly Ann Blackett 4 March 1887 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Ann(e) Weston 8 May 1887 (Age 21 years) |
| Burial of a paternal grandmother | Mary Ann(e) Weston 12 May 1887 (Age 21 years) |
| Christening of a brother | Joseph Blackett 20 November 1887 (Age 22 years) |
| Christening of a sister | Polly Ann Blackett 20 November 1887 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Louisa (‘Cissie’) Blackett 1889 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Julia Blackett November 1890 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Julia Blackett October 1891 (Age 25 years) |
| Burial of a daughter | Julia Blackett 7 October 1891 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Robert Blackett M.M. 19 December 1892 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Kirtley 14 April 1894 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Stella Blackett 13 May 1894 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Julia Blackett 6 September 1897 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Robert Blackett 2 April 1903 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a son | John Ralph Blackett 15 December 1903 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a father | Ralph Blackett 11 June 1905 (Age 39 years) |
| Burial of a father | Ralph Blackett 14 June 1905 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Frederick Smith — Louisa (‘Cissie’) Blackett — View this family 22 October 1912 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Anthony John Beadle — Stella Blackett — View this family 27 April 1915 (Age 49 years) |
| Christening of a son | Robert Blackett M.M. 10 June 1916 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Louisa (‘Cissie’) Blackett 1918 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth Kavanagh 18 November 1926 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Marley 19 November 1926 (Age 61 years) |
| Burial of a wife | Elizabeth Kavanagh 22 November 1926 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Ann Blackett 1932 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Blackett 1938 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Louisa ‘Cissie’ Blackett 1948 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a sister | Charlotte Blackett 1948 (Age 82 years) |
| Death | 29 January 1952 (Age 86 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ralph Blackett Birth: 17 June 1842 25 23 — Copley, Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 11 June 1905 — Wham, Butterknowle, Co. Durham |
| mother |
Margaret Marley Birth: 29 May 1846 38 39 — Evenwood, Co. Durham Death: 19 November 1926 — 8 Low Wham, Butterknowle, Co. Durham |
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Marriage: 22 February 1862 — St. Andrew Auckland, Co. Durham |
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10 months elder sister |
Elizabeth Ann Blackett Birth: 1862 19 15 — South Side, Co. Durham Death: 1932 — Lanchester district, Co. Durham |
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4 years himself |
Robert William Blackett Birth: 14 November 1865 23 19 — Wham, Lynesack, Co. Durham Death: 29 January 1952 — 48 Westgate Crescent, Darlington, Co. Durham |
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14 months younger brother |
Ralph Blackett Birth: before 31 December 1866 24 20 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 1866 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham |
| younger sister |
Hannah Blackett Birth: before 31 December 1866 24 20 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 1866 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham |
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1 year younger sister |
Margaret Jane Blackett Birth: 1867 24 20 — Lynesack and Softly, Co. Durham |
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3 years younger sister |
Louisa ‘Cissie’ Blackett Birth: 17 March 1870 27 23 — Wham, Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 1948 — Durham Eastern district |
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2 years younger sister |
Charlotte Blackett Birth: March 1872 29 25 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 1948 — Durham South Western district |
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22 months younger sister |
Sarah Blackett Birth: 1873 30 26 — Auckland district, Co. Durham Death: 1873 — Auckland district, Co. Durham |
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13 months younger sister |
Sarah Blackett Birth: before 29 January 1874 31 27 — Wham, Co. Durham Death: 1938 — Durham Western district |
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5 years younger brother |
Ralph Marley Blackett Birth: 24 August 1878 36 32 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: January 1970 — Delves Lane, Consett, Co. Durham |
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2 years younger brother |
John George Blackett Birth: 3 September 1880 38 34 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: April 1881 — Wham, Lynesack, Co. Durham |
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2 years younger brother |
John George Blackett Birth: before 26 November 1882 40 36 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 1966 — Durham South Western district |
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17 months younger brother |
Thomas Blackett Birth: 6 May 1884 41 37 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 1969 — Durham Western district |
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13 months younger sister |
Lilly Blackett Birth: before 14 June 1885 42 39 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham |
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6 months younger brother |
Joseph Blackett Birth: 12 December 1885 43 39 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 1958 — Durham Western district |
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15 months younger sister |
Polly Ann Blackett Birth: 4 March 1887 44 40 — Lynesack and Softley, Co. Durham Death: 1981 — Durham Western district |
| Family with Elizabeth Kavanagh |
| himself |
Robert William Blackett Birth: 14 November 1865 23 19 — Wham, Lynesack, Co. Durham Death: 29 January 1952 — 48 Westgate Crescent, Darlington, Co. Durham |
| wife |
Elizabeth Kavanagh Birth: before 19 April 1856 33 30 — Belfast, Antrim, Ireland Death: 18 November 1926 — 43 Milburn Street, Sunderland, Co. Durham |
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Marriage: 11 May 1886 — Auckland Register Office, Co. Durham |
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10 months son |
Thomas Bertie Blackett Birth: 25 February 1887 21 30 — Evenwood, Co. Durham Death: 1977 — Sunderland, Co. Durham |
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10 months son |
John Ralph Blackett Birth: 1887 21 30 — Pennsylvania, USA Death: 15 December 1903 — Millfield Grange Pit, Auckland, Co. Durham |
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3 years daughter |
Louisa (‘Cissie’) Blackett Birth: 1889 23 32 — Illinois, USA Death: 1918 — Sunderland district, Co. Durham |
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23 months daughter |
Julia Blackett Birth: November 1890 24 34 — Auckland, Co. Durham Death: October 1891 — Butterknowle, Co. Durham |
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2 years son |
Robert Blackett M.M. Birth: 19 December 1892 27 36 — Southside, Butterknowle, Co. Durham Death: 17 March 1963 — 48 Westgate Crescent, Darlington Co. Durham |
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17 months daughter |
Stella Blackett Birth: 13 May 1894 28 38 — Butterknowle, Co. Durham Death: 12 December 1978 — Memorial Hospital, Darlington, Co. Durham |
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3 years daughter |
Julia Blackett Birth: 6 September 1897 31 41 — Essex Row, Butterknowle, Co. Durham (see note) Death: 26 March 1998 — Easthaven Manor Nursing Home, 4 East Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset |
| Note | Father Ralph, coal miner, mother Margaret, formerly Marley. He was licencee of The Wheatsheaf and The Waterloo inns in Staindrop in the early 20th century. He is shown in Kelley's Directory of Durham and Northumberland 1938 as licencee of The Stag's Head and Station Hotel, Elwick Hall, near Stockton. In 1887, accompanied by his wife and infant Thomas ("Bertie"), he emigrated to America, arriving in Philadelphia on 8 Aug 1887 on the S. S. British King. He had returned to England by 1890.
Birth shown wrongly as 14 Nov 1866 in 1939 Register. |
| Note | Bride's age wrongly shown as 23 (she was 30). |
| Media object | Robert William Blackett and Elizabeth (nee Kavanagh.) Format: image/jpeg Highlighted image: yes Note: |
| Media object | The Wheatsheaf, Staindrop, with Robert William and Elizabeth Blackett, and two of their children. Format: image/jpeg Highlighted image: no Note: |